Veteran’s Reflections: Following in Her Family’s Footsteps to Serve

Veteran’s Reflections: Following in Her Family’s Footsteps to Serve
By Ian Graham

Veteran’s Reflections is a collection of stories of men and women who served their country in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert Shield and Desert Storm and present-day conflicts. They will be posted throughout November in honor of Veteran’s Day.

Marie Peckham is a small woman. While it wouldn’t technically be inaccurate to assume she wears military-themed pins and jewelry because her husband served in the military, it would be an underestimation of Peckham’s devotion to her country. Because even though she stands somewhere between four and five-feet tall, she herself was a U.S. Marine staff sergeant, following in her father and brothers’ footsteps.

“It was only natural I became a Marine, and thank God I did,” she said.

It was as a result of her service and subsequent involvement in the U.S. Marine Corps League that Peckham met her husband, a fellow Marine who survived five major campaigns in the Pacific and went into Nagasaki mere weeks after it had been bombed.

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Following in Her Family Footsteps to Serve


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